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Red Dead Horses

I've noticed something while playing the utterly fantastic Red Dead Redemption. I kill horses. A lot of horses. Literally a horse every 10 minutes. This poor bastard I ran off a cliff and into a tree.

I captured one of the legendary four horses of the Apocalypse, Pestilence, and ran it into the ground. I kid you not, it just fell over dead while I was riding it. I also tamed War, only to lose it to zombie cougars shortly thereafter.

It's not that I go out of my way to kill the poor animals, I just have terrible luck with them. God help that fabled unicorn when I finally tame it.

Over my years of gaming, I've built a level of trust with my virtual steers. Epona bore me through many trials and tribulations. Argo was my only companion and witness to the Colossi genocide. Yet I can't build any kind of attachment for the horses of Red Dead simply because they don't live longer than a ride to another town.

So to the designers who crafted these magnificent animals and brought them to stunning life like animation, I am sorry. I really don't mean to keep running your horses off cliffs.